This initrd image can boot from:
- real block device
- dmraid, lvm2 mapper device
- on block device stored tar operating system archive (tar/gz/bz2 squashfs/loop)
- http/ftp URL address (tar/gz/bz2 squashfs/loop)
See doc/ directory for more detailed documentation.
Sample precompiled initrd image (using busybox 1.2.1 32bit) is available in image/ directory.
This image can be also used to boot x86_64 OS, but kernel must contain support for 32bit binaries.
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